Straits Echo, 2 June 1908

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 6. $24 I’er Annum, PENANG, TUESDAY, 2nd JUNE, 1908. Slagle Copy, 10 cents. No. 126.
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      935 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. TIANQ LEE Co. r o /r o 2T <2 i&m SOLE AOENTS BASS’S ALE. T H K BANKS. EASTERN SHIPPING Company, Lid., (ENGINE WORKS.) Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders. Paid up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of
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      28 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. NOddlN 4 sT Ji. X C 5 to > CD > V 4! 'V Sr® *0 OKTO TIAWQ LEE A Co., So/< Awiai
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    Concerning Editors.
    1431 2 JOURNALISTIC ETHICS. He is Never Wrong! The Dial, under the heading, A Pragmatic Sanction,” discusses the eHiics of journalism as follows The first attempt to produce a newspiper in America was made in Boston, on September 25tb, 1090. The sheet was entitled Fublick Occurrences and was suppressed by
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      36 2 Chamberlain’s Colic, Choi* Diarrhoea Remedy. 'lhis remedy has been in use for over thirty years and has proved itself to be the most suocessful remedy yet discovered for bowel complaints. The George Towu Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      268 2 5 n\r OTicB. 5 I MR AUGUST BRENNECKE has this day been authorised to sign our firm 5 by procuration. BEHN. MEYER Co, Ltd. 1st June, 1908. 289 NOTICE. PLOVERS OF INDENTURED J-J TAMIL LABOUR are informed that these coolies are now obtainable, provided i that the requirements of the
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      1456 2 NEW MUSIC:“HAEE7 LAUDER JOCK/’ See Our New Album containing a Biographical Sketch and portrait of this famous Comic Artist, together with a selection of his popular Songs. NEW CAKE WALIuTdANCE ALBUMS. NEW WALTZ7“A WALTZ DREAM.” ROBINSON PIANO C 0 L m J TENDERS INVITED. GOVERNMENT OF SELANGOR. TENDERS will be
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    35 3 V»M>eh I Fri it* Agent* Due Nippon Colombo K.ACo. 4'h June. China Singapore S.K.&Co. 7th Lol hian Glasgow jS.B.ACo. 11th Lightning Singapore A.A.ACo. 12th Beuledi London S.B &Co. 12tb A. Apcar Singapore A.A.A.Co27th
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    SAILINGS.
    34 3 Vesgelg For Ayents Leives Nippou Japan SK.&Co. June. China Trieste S K &Co. Lothian Singapore S.B.&Co. Lightning Calcutta A. A A Co. Ben led i Japan S.B.&Co. A. Apcar Calcutta A.A A Co.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      84 3 Prudentia, Br. s.s., 1,970, Leonard, Ist June, P. Sauaboe, 30th May, Fuel Oil— Asiatic Petroleum Co. Calypso, Br. s.s., 339, Bannatyne, l9t June* Singapore, 30th May, Gen.—W. M* Co. Pin Seng, Br. s.s., 378, Davidson, Ist June, Singapore, 30th May, Gen.—E. S. Co Ltd. Perak, Br. s.s., 258, Crichton,
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      DEPARTURES.
      45 3 2nd June. Padang, for Batu Bahra. De Koch, for Deli and Langsa. Pin Seng, for Port Swettenham Singapore. Flying Dragon, for Pulau Langkawi and Set ul. tlye Leong, for Teluk Anson. Maetsuijcker, for Pulo Weh, Olehleb and Padang. Perak, for Port Swettenham and Singapore.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    88 3 For Nogapatam and Madras—Per Taroba, to-morrow, 10 a.rn. Teluk Anson—Per Vidar, to-morrow, 11 a in. Pangkor—Per Tong Ghay Un, to-morrow, 11a m. Singapore, China and Japan—Per Malta, to-morrow, 11 am. Pangkalan Braudan—Per Petrel, 4th instant, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Malacca—Per Cornelia, 4th instant, Ipm. Asahan—Per Mary Austin,
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    342 3 Per P. and O. s.s. China, connecting with the steuner Malta at Colombo, due at Penang on 4th Jane To Penang (from London, May 8) Mr. T. H. Willson, Mrs. A. M. Stewart, Mrs. Ogilvie, Mr. J. R. Long; (from Marseilles, May 15) Mrs. Potter and
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    35 3 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. Outwards. Homewards. Malta 4 June. I Delta 6 June. Devanha 18 I Delhi 20 Extra Service. O0TWARD8. HOMBWAROS. Socotra 9 June. I Sumatra 12 June. Nubia 23 Namur 10 July.
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      847 3 P.&O.Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward June 4 Malta connecting with China 18 Devanha July 2 Marmora Hi Delta do do do Homeward. Moldavia Himalaya Macedonia Pat 3. Steamer. Connecting with S.S. Due Loudon. Juue 6 Delta 20 Delhi July 4 Arcadia 18 Malta Victoria Britannia
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      390 3 —(S HIPPING.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. FREIGHT SERVICE. Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. s.8. Istria 8th Juue, 11)08. 8.8. Saxonia 15?h 1008. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA HONGKONG, STRAITS COLOMBO. Taking cargo at through Rates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon.- Oporto, London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Trieste, Genoa, Ports in the
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      51 3 FOR RANGOON. 11 HE Bs. Hong Bee, Captain Horne, is expected to arrive here next Thursday, au<l will leave for the above port on Friday, the sth prox., at 3 p.m. For freight or passage apply to KOE GUAN Co., Agents Jor WEE BIN of Singapore. Penang, 27th May, 1908.
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    The Straits Echo.
    95 4 Justice satisfies everybody and justice alone- Emenon. Published dally (except Snndays.) XT th* CRITERION PRESS, Lid., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penan»? PRICE DAILY LOCAI $24 per annum. OUTSTATIONB Postage Bxtra. MAIL BDITION (Poet Free) $l5 OABLB ADDRKSS Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343 N.B.— All business communications should be
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    THE RUBBER EXHIBITION.
    756 4 The extraordinary success achieved by the Ceylon Rubber Exhibitionof lilOfihas led to the organisation by an influential Committee of the Rubber and Allied Trades’ Exhibition which, as most of our readers are aware, will be held at Olympia in September next. It was at first arranged that
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    Public Holiday.
    69 4 As to-morrow has been proclaimed a Public Holiday in honour of the birthday of His Highness the Prince of Wales, there will be no publication of the Straits Echo on that day. The General Post Office and the Sub-Post Offices will be open from 7 a-ra to noon.
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    75 4 The following business in tin has been done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 1 ««qs buyers, no sellers Eastern Smelting Co buyers, no sellers j Straits Trading Co., 50 tons at 64 Singapore: Straits Trading Co., 100 63f T0ta1...150 tons. Tin is quoted in London
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    The Police Courts.
    477 4 (Before Mr. Scott Three men—a Chinaman and two Klings —were this morning charged—No. 1 with overcrowding fowls in two baskets and Nos. 2 and 3 with working a bullock while it was in an uufit state. They pleaded guilty to the charges and were fined $5 each.
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    SUPREME COURT.
    851 4 THE ASSIZES. (Before Mr. Justice Braddell.) Fraudulent Possession of Counterfeit King’s Coin etc. Yesterday afternoon the hearing of this case was resumed. Lim Tiam, a Chinaman, stands charged with (1) fraudulent possession of counterfeit King’s coin, aud (2) possession of instruments for counterfeiting King’s coin. Etam, Police Constable
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Indian Revolutionaries.
      71 4 (Supplied by Reuter Shadowed in New Vork. London, 1st June.—The New v papers say that British detecL Urk shadowing the Indian revolution' are New York, several of whom are ltiet thlheCI otCft corered in CalcuUaSntl^TOremaL"! in the United States, and X, tf quantities of rifles, ammunition, and till
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      Sir Redvers Buller.
      110 4 {Supplied by Reuter.) Seriously 111. London, Ist June.—General sirit«i Bulier, who has not been iu good developed serious symptoms which a ?e occasioning grave anxiety. re [General the Rt. Hon. Sir R If n„n born in 1839 and entered the army 7 served in China, the Red
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      Russia.
      141 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) A Warning Against Intemperance. London, 2nd June.-The Duma Commission on the drink questiou has reported m favour of removing the Imperial Eagle from Vodka bottles and substituting iu its stead the skull and crossboues as a warning against excess. b More Executions. London, 2ud June.—ln connection
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      Paris.
      46 4 (Supplied by lieuter.) M. Steinheil Strangled by Burglars. London, Ist June.—The well-known h reuch portrait painter, M Steinheil, and bn mother-in-law were strangled by burglars it t >ar B His wife was gagged but not seriously injured. Three men and a woman were the assailants.
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      The Chino-Burmese Frontier.
      210 4 (Supplied by lleuter.) No Settlement Vet. London, 2nd June.—Mr J. A. Pease, the Liberal Whip, replying iu the House of Commons to Lord Konaldshay, Conservative Member for Hornsey, said that China bai not yet accepted the demarcation of the Chino-Burmese frontier known as Scotts Line. Negociations have
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      358 4 MATSUO’S JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPH. Location:~-Corner of Campbell Street and Penang Road. Grand Programme To-night. NEW PICTURES! NEW PICTURES!! TWO PERFORMANCES EVERY NIGHT. First show, from 7 to 8-30|p.m. Second show, from 9 to 11-30 p.m. PRICES OF ADMISSION. lot Claos 2nd Class 3rd Class 4th Class 1st SHOW. $0.50. 0.30. 0.15.
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      30 4 Ihe most rapid and satisfactory results are obtained by treatment with Gonosan (Kawa Santal). Booklet and sample to medical men free on application to any of the chfef Penang Chemists.
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    The Opium Question in the Colonies.
    1052 5 CLOSING OF THE DIVANS IN HONGKONG. Secretary of’ State’s Instructions. At the meeting of the Hongkong Legislative Council on the I4*h uh., the Hon. Mr. Murray Stewart, pursuant, to notice, asked the following questions Is it true that His Majesty’s Government has announced in
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    The Financial Situation.
    809 5 J The financial crisis which bas been hovering over our beads for the past ten months j is just beginning to make itself keenly felt in the commercial world in these parts. The cause —and only one—must be attributed to no other agency than the slump iu
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    Twenty-Five Years of Straits History.
    1768 5 1882—1907. [By Southern Crow (Continued from 23rd May November 4th, 1889, saw the arrival of three more big guns for tbe Singapore forts and on the 16th of this month tbe s.s. Pontianak performed tbe noteworthy feat of crossing the Pahang bar during the N.
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    FIXTURES.
    77 5 To-pat 4fh Day of stb Moon. Town Band, Golf Club, Gto 7 p in. League Football: Crescent vs. Govt. Service, Lsplanade. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, corner of Penang Road and Campbell Street, 7 p.m. 9 p.m. To-morrow sth Day of sth Moon. Prince of Wales’s Birthday. Public Holiday. No issue of
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    MAILS DUE.
    15 5 English (Ma'ta) ...4th June. China Delta > ...61I1 German (Goeben) .!jOth China (Buelow) ...10th
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    THE MOON.
    17 5 hirst Quarter Juue 7th O Full Moon Last Quarter 21 st O New Moon 28tb
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      94 5 An Australian Commercial Traveller's Story. It is tbe commercial traveller who finds the many changes of climate and water trying. Mr Chas. G. Chapman, who represents a large Brisbane concern, bad been troubled for years with chronic diarrhoea. On one of his trips a fellow traveller recommended Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
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      114 5 Sprains Quickly Cured. Bathe the parte freely with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and give them absolute rest, and a quick cure is certain. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. Passengers. Arrived. Per s.s. Sardinia. Ist June, from Loudon Mrs. Houston and 5 children, Mr. C B Whitehead. Mrs. Whitehead, Mr. C.
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      361 5 THE PARISH HALL BY REQUEST. A repetition of THE LAST COAT AND FREEZING A MOTHER-IN-LAW Will lie given in tlic Parish Hall ON Monday, Bth instant, at 9 p m, VERY GOOD MUSIC I wen ty-eight new Tantalum lamps will be put up on the stage for the occasion by
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      31 5 WEATHER. Th e following report is kindly supplied bi the signal Director of Fort Cornwallis: 1 he rainfall during the 2-t hours ended at 9 a.in. to day was 02 inch.
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    MUNICIPALITY OF GEORGE TOWN, PENANG.
    1647 6 REPORT FOR 1907. (Continued from yesterday s issue.) Eletric Tramways. The total length of mileage was not iu- creased during the year and remained at ll miles, of which the 2j miles from the Jetty to the Gaol is double track. 2,333,322 passengers were carried
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 6 Penano. 2nd June. {By cjurtesy o] the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...2/3-j-f 4 months’ sight Ban! 2 4-^ 3 Credit --2/4 t 3 r 3 Documentary ...2/4$ ’alcut ta, Dfcm mil Bank Its 1/ 4$ days’ sight Pr*.va r e 1/5$ Bombay. Dsmand Bank 174 i Monimein, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    188 6 Gold leaf $05.40 B.Pepper( W.Coast 3!bs.f> o7..> no stock White Pepper $10. —sates Tran»r Popper 10.75 sales Cloves {picked) 31. —buyers Mace 70. —sellers Mace Pickings 55. —buyers Nutmegs 110a 18 to 19 sales No. 1 6.30 sales Sugar 2 no stock Basket 3.70 sellers Tapioca Flour 1.80 nominal
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    MARKET PRICES.
    195 6 Penang, 2nd June, 1908. Beef— cts. Soup t©r catty 12 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 60 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 30 Pork— Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Head 22 Feet 26 Tongue 30
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    SHARES.
    1168 6 3 I 2* j I K o -2 Number of p S o Capital. Shares 1 > La it Dividend. Name. ~*r issued. p "3 i CC 1 I j I* I Mining. 1903 300,000 30,000 10 10 25 for year ending 31/3/07 Belat Tiu Mining Co., Ltd. *6.25
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      60 6 A Certain Cure for Bowel Complaint. When attacked with diarrhoea or bowel complaint you want a medicine that acts quickly. The attack is always sudden, generally severe and with iucre>sing pain. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera aud Diarrhoea Remedy has never been kuown to fail iu any case of colic, diarrhoea or
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      343 6 Prof. Sell mid? prefers Cronosan (/SautalKawa liie.iel’s) to am father preparation of Sautalwood oil. Altbougli lie used the drug in moie thau 20 eases, he has never observed any sigus of nausea, flatulency, uephritie pains, pruritus nor skin eruptions. The HEW FRENCH REMEDY successful anil highly popular remedy, used iti
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      113 6 MACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. KARTELL'S BRANDY. |WROUCHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINGS. EIoo<m 4 on H»nd. Gtesters Champagne. Andrew Usher Go.’s SPECIAL RESERVE ADAMSON, GILFiLLAN CO., LTD. NOW IN STOCK. O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS. BUTTERY Co. AGKNTS FOB PENANQ A F. fii. S. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Go.” GIN IN RED CASES. Sanditands, flutter'/
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    Why Men Are Ugly.
    826 7 Dr. AVendel, one of the greatest authorities in Germany on esthetics and the law* of beauty, has written learned treatises to prove that nature has endowed men with far more beauty than women, and that there is not a feature in man’s face or a limb
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      927 7 BAXTER Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. DAVID CORSAR SON’S WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, No 0. SANDIUNDS. BUTTERY CoJohn Bazley White Bros.' PORTLAND CEMENT, “LION BRAND.” Sand Hands, Buttery <St Co,, AGENTS. PENANG A F. M. S. BURRELL Co.’s BOILKD RAW LINSEED OILS, PAINTS TURPENTINE TO BE HAD RETAIL
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      193 7 Be on the Safe Side. Your physician may be busy or out of town just a* the time some member of your family has an attack of colic or diarrhoea. Such cases frequently prove fatal before a doctor can be summoned or medicine procured. No physician can prescribe a better
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      940 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. KMIDINO AT No. 21a, Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 6 mth» UPTON’S TEAS WERE AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. AGENTS, PENANG PATbkSON, SIMONS Co., Ltd. WONG
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